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Petitions Available
For Special Election
A special election will be held for the
post of Commissioner of Extra-
Curricular Activities and Organizations.
The Commissioner is responsible for
extra-curricular activities including
athletics, debate, drama, and music.
For students who are interested in
running for the office, petitions may be
picked up in the S. A. office and must
be returned by September 25.
Pay Over Age:
Faculty Members File Discrimination Complaint
Sixteen NSC faculty members have
filed age discrimination complaints
against the college with the Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Corn-mission
in Denver.
The complaints allege that persons
over the age of 45 were discriminated
against in the distribution of merit pay.
All complainants are older than 45.
The basis of the suit is a statistical
analysis of pay distribution conducted
by the Organization of Northern
Educators, the faculty bargaining unit
at Northern, an affiliate of the Council
on Higher Education, the South
Dakota bargaining organization for
state college and university faculty
members. The analysis indicated that
faculty members over the age of 45
had only a 30 percent chance of re-ceiving
merit pay distributions.
The faculty members filing the corn-plaint
are: Barbara Steele, assistant
professor of education; Lyman L.
Humann, assistant professor of
business education; David Karsky,
assistant professor of business admini-stration;
Robert S. Thompson, associ-ate
professor of social science; Richard
Lawton, associate professor of geogra-phy;
John Proctor, professor of
English; Donald M. King, professor of
psychology; Evelyn Roberts, assistant
professor of biology; Gertrude Miller,
professor of biology; Bettie Hutchin-son,
assistant professor of English;
Syed Ahsan, professor of English; Otis
Belden, associate professor of in-dustrial
arts; Patrick S. Halley, pro-fessor
of history, now retired; James
Lauver, assistant professor of fine arts;
James Ewing, associate professor of
music; and Leonard Palmquist,
associate professor of music.
The EEOC will investigate and
mediate the complaints during the next
few months. The complainants may
also instigate individual court suits on
the complaints.
The Council on Higher Education is
an affiliate of the South Dakota Educa-tion
Association, which in turn is af-filiated
with the National Education
Association. In recent years, these pro-fessional
organizations have attempted
to establish procedures and methods
of evaluating the handling of personnel
matters.
The administration of the South
Dakota Board of Regents and of
Northern State College are two of 33
administrations currently listed as cen-sured
by the American Association of
University Professors. The list is main-tained
to notify professors of those
employers in higher education whose
personnel policies do not meet stan-dards
adopted by the organization.
The Board of Regents has been on the
list since 1962. Northern State College
has been on the list since 1969.
EXPONENT Volume 80, Issue 2 Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 September 11, 1980
. every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty
to say something courageous and true, to rise above the medic,
cre and conventional, to say something that will command the re
spec) of the intelligent, the educated, the independent part of the
community, to rise above fear of partisanship and fear of the
popular prejudice.
—Joseph Pulitzer
Berg Appointed To Staff Program Coordinator Named
Dr. Theodore Berg, dean of student
services, is a new addition to
Northern's administrative staff.
Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Dr.
Berg obtained his bachelor's degree
from the State University of Fredonia-
New York. Later, while serving in the
army, he completed his master's
degree in student personnel and
counseling and his doctoral degree in
higher education administration.
Berg describes student services as
"a very diverse division" dealing with
the areas of housing, residential life,
testing, discipline, financial aid,
counseling, co-curricular planning,
Dr. Theodore Berg
career planning and placement. His
major responsibility is "to coordinate
all these efforts and to provide ad:
ministrative leadership for the profes-sional
staff people."
As dean of student services, Dr.
Berg hopes to accomplish four goals:
1) "to facilitate a student service divi-sion
that is directly supportive of in-stitutional
academic mission." 2) "to
provide a good comprehensive offering
of co-curricular and extra curricular
programs." 3) "to provide and
establish an expanded program and
services in career development and life
planning for students." and 4) "to for-mulate
future thrust and direction of
student affairs at Northern, in light of
changes occurring and future
changes."
Since his arrival five weeks ago, Dr.
Berg says he's been "impressed by the
institution and the quality of the ad-ministration."
He expresses "a great
deal of respect and admiration for the
staff in the student service division"
arid is looking forward to meeting more
faculty members and students. As the
major advisor in the area of student
life, Dr. Berg reports directly to the
president. He describes Dr. McFadden
as "a bright, energetic, and challeng-ing
individual."
Prior to his appointment at North-ern,
Dr. Berg was the director of the
student development center at
Benedictine College, Illinois. He re-places
Bob Fahrer.
Cecil Lundy is the Program Coor-dinator
for Northern. Both Cecil and
the job are new to this campus.
"I have the responsibilities for pro-gram
development and advisement
within the residence halls and the Stu-dent
Union. While working with the
U.O.B. and serving as a resource per-son
for all student groups and
organizations, I hope, to stimulate new
programs and improve existing ones.
As an educational institution, we hold
the task of offering educational,
cultural and intellectual as well as
social and recreational programs,"
says Cecil.
If your organization has not received
a letter concerning Student Organiza-
The first Student Federation
meeting of the 1980-81 school year met
last Friday, September 5, in Pierre. The
Federation is made up of delegates
from each of the seven state colleges
and universities. Representing North-ern
were Mike Berg, Student Associa-tion
President; Dave Berg, Student As-sociation
Vice-president; and Margaret
Sheehan, student delegate. Eddie
Rypkema, past S.A. President at
N.S.C., was also present serving as
President of the Federation.
A surprise visit was made by Gover-nor
Janklow, and in his talk he stressed
the seriousness of the state's financial
and economic situation. These prob-lems
could have a very big impact on
higher education state wide. One ex-ample
of the crisis was evidenced by
the increase in tuition costs last year,
and by the Regents $6.5 million budget
cut. This cut has affected Northern by
putting an indefinite halt to the con-struction
of the new P.E. facility.
Janklow's visit set a serious tone for
the remainder of the meeting. The
Federation then discussed ways to find
tion Day, contact Cecil Lundy at 119
Lincoln, 622-2530 as soon as possible.
excess spending in the present
budgets, especially in the area of ad-ministration.
They also made plans to
explore a different tuition plan that
could raise tuition by 72% in the
engineering field. The Federation also
discussed the need to defeat the
Dakota Proposition.
Other items on the agenda included
a look into problems with transfers of
credits from one state school to
another. Plans were also made for the
upcoming Conference on Higher
Education to take place September 20,
in the Black Hills.
The Student Federation has had a
very important role in education in the
past. It was active in establishing co-ed
dormitories; legalizing 3.2 beer in the
dorms; making a uniform course
numbering system, and helping to
keep the cost of education down. The
80's promise to be a trying time for
:-.igher education and the Federation
presents the students a way to keep a
firm hold on any decision that affects
them.
S.D. Federation Studies
Tuition and Finances

Petitions Available
For Special Election
A special election will be held for the
post of Commissioner of Extra-
Curricular Activities and Organizations.
The Commissioner is responsible for
extra-curricular activities including
athletics, debate, drama, and music.
For students who are interested in
running for the office, petitions may be
picked up in the S. A. office and must
be returned by September 25.
Pay Over Age:
Faculty Members File Discrimination Complaint
Sixteen NSC faculty members have
filed age discrimination complaints
against the college with the Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Corn-mission
in Denver.
The complaints allege that persons
over the age of 45 were discriminated
against in the distribution of merit pay.
All complainants are older than 45.
The basis of the suit is a statistical
analysis of pay distribution conducted
by the Organization of Northern
Educators, the faculty bargaining unit
at Northern, an affiliate of the Council
on Higher Education, the South
Dakota bargaining organization for
state college and university faculty
members. The analysis indicated that
faculty members over the age of 45
had only a 30 percent chance of re-ceiving
merit pay distributions.
The faculty members filing the corn-plaint
are: Barbara Steele, assistant
professor of education; Lyman L.
Humann, assistant professor of
business education; David Karsky,
assistant professor of business admini-stration;
Robert S. Thompson, associ-ate
professor of social science; Richard
Lawton, associate professor of geogra-phy;
John Proctor, professor of
English; Donald M. King, professor of
psychology; Evelyn Roberts, assistant
professor of biology; Gertrude Miller,
professor of biology; Bettie Hutchin-son,
assistant professor of English;
Syed Ahsan, professor of English; Otis
Belden, associate professor of in-dustrial
arts; Patrick S. Halley, pro-fessor
of history, now retired; James
Lauver, assistant professor of fine arts;
James Ewing, associate professor of
music; and Leonard Palmquist,
associate professor of music.
The EEOC will investigate and
mediate the complaints during the next
few months. The complainants may
also instigate individual court suits on
the complaints.
The Council on Higher Education is
an affiliate of the South Dakota Educa-tion
Association, which in turn is af-filiated
with the National Education
Association. In recent years, these pro-fessional
organizations have attempted
to establish procedures and methods
of evaluating the handling of personnel
matters.
The administration of the South
Dakota Board of Regents and of
Northern State College are two of 33
administrations currently listed as cen-sured
by the American Association of
University Professors. The list is main-tained
to notify professors of those
employers in higher education whose
personnel policies do not meet stan-dards
adopted by the organization.
The Board of Regents has been on the
list since 1962. Northern State College
has been on the list since 1969.
EXPONENT Volume 80, Issue 2 Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 September 11, 1980
. every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty
to say something courageous and true, to rise above the medic,
cre and conventional, to say something that will command the re
spec) of the intelligent, the educated, the independent part of the
community, to rise above fear of partisanship and fear of the
popular prejudice.
—Joseph Pulitzer
Berg Appointed To Staff Program Coordinator Named
Dr. Theodore Berg, dean of student
services, is a new addition to
Northern's administrative staff.
Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Dr.
Berg obtained his bachelor's degree
from the State University of Fredonia-
New York. Later, while serving in the
army, he completed his master's
degree in student personnel and
counseling and his doctoral degree in
higher education administration.
Berg describes student services as
"a very diverse division" dealing with
the areas of housing, residential life,
testing, discipline, financial aid,
counseling, co-curricular planning,
Dr. Theodore Berg
career planning and placement. His
major responsibility is "to coordinate
all these efforts and to provide ad:
ministrative leadership for the profes-sional
staff people."
As dean of student services, Dr.
Berg hopes to accomplish four goals:
1) "to facilitate a student service divi-sion
that is directly supportive of in-stitutional
academic mission." 2) "to
provide a good comprehensive offering
of co-curricular and extra curricular
programs." 3) "to provide and
establish an expanded program and
services in career development and life
planning for students." and 4) "to for-mulate
future thrust and direction of
student affairs at Northern, in light of
changes occurring and future
changes."
Since his arrival five weeks ago, Dr.
Berg says he's been "impressed by the
institution and the quality of the ad-ministration."
He expresses "a great
deal of respect and admiration for the
staff in the student service division"
arid is looking forward to meeting more
faculty members and students. As the
major advisor in the area of student
life, Dr. Berg reports directly to the
president. He describes Dr. McFadden
as "a bright, energetic, and challeng-ing
individual."
Prior to his appointment at North-ern,
Dr. Berg was the director of the
student development center at
Benedictine College, Illinois. He re-places
Bob Fahrer.
Cecil Lundy is the Program Coor-dinator
for Northern. Both Cecil and
the job are new to this campus.
"I have the responsibilities for pro-gram
development and advisement
within the residence halls and the Stu-dent
Union. While working with the
U.O.B. and serving as a resource per-son
for all student groups and
organizations, I hope, to stimulate new
programs and improve existing ones.
As an educational institution, we hold
the task of offering educational,
cultural and intellectual as well as
social and recreational programs,"
says Cecil.
If your organization has not received
a letter concerning Student Organiza-
The first Student Federation
meeting of the 1980-81 school year met
last Friday, September 5, in Pierre. The
Federation is made up of delegates
from each of the seven state colleges
and universities. Representing North-ern
were Mike Berg, Student Associa-tion
President; Dave Berg, Student As-sociation
Vice-president; and Margaret
Sheehan, student delegate. Eddie
Rypkema, past S.A. President at
N.S.C., was also present serving as
President of the Federation.
A surprise visit was made by Gover-nor
Janklow, and in his talk he stressed
the seriousness of the state's financial
and economic situation. These prob-lems
could have a very big impact on
higher education state wide. One ex-ample
of the crisis was evidenced by
the increase in tuition costs last year,
and by the Regents $6.5 million budget
cut. This cut has affected Northern by
putting an indefinite halt to the con-struction
of the new P.E. facility.
Janklow's visit set a serious tone for
the remainder of the meeting. The
Federation then discussed ways to find
tion Day, contact Cecil Lundy at 119
Lincoln, 622-2530 as soon as possible.
excess spending in the present
budgets, especially in the area of ad-ministration.
They also made plans to
explore a different tuition plan that
could raise tuition by 72% in the
engineering field. The Federation also
discussed the need to defeat the
Dakota Proposition.
Other items on the agenda included
a look into problems with transfers of
credits from one state school to
another. Plans were also made for the
upcoming Conference on Higher
Education to take place September 20,
in the Black Hills.
The Student Federation has had a
very important role in education in the
past. It was active in establishing co-ed
dormitories; legalizing 3.2 beer in the
dorms; making a uniform course
numbering system, and helping to
keep the cost of education down. The
80's promise to be a trying time for
:-.igher education and the Federation
presents the students a way to keep a
firm hold on any decision that affects
them.
S.D. Federation Studies
Tuition and Finances